Match Report
The table read 1st (Almirante Brown, 61 pts) against 7th (Deportivo Riestra, 50 pts), 11 points apart. Almirante Brown had been under-performing their position — 14th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Almirante Brown 1 scored and 0.83 conceded per game, Deportivo Riestra 1.18 and 1, with the league averaging 1.07.
Deportivo Riestra carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Almirante Brown had banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Deportivo Riestra, 13.
4 meetings are on record — 2 won by Almirante Brown, 1 by Deportivo Riestra, 1 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. Historically tight: 25% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Estadio Fragata Presidente Sarmiento in La Matanza (capacity 25,000). On the scoreboard, Deportivo Riestra led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.